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    Obama’s State of the Union address seeks to frame 2016 race
    Nation, News
    Obama’s State of the Union address seeks to frame 2016 race
    JULIE PACE 
    Jan 11, 2016
    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's final State of the Union address will attempt to frame the choice Americans face as they select his success...
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    Afghan forces struggle as ranks thinned by ‘ghost’ soldiers
    News, World
    Afghan forces struggle as ranks thinned by ‘ghost’ soldiers
    LYNNE O'DONNELL and MIRWAIS KHAN 
    Jan 10, 2016
    KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan forces are struggling to man the front lines against a resurgent Taliban, in part because of untold numbers of "gh...
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    DiCaprio happy leaders taking climate change more seriously
    Entertainment, Lifestyles
    DiCaprio happy leaders taking climate change more seriously
    JOHN CARUCCI 
    Jan 09, 2016
    NEW YORK (AP) — Leonardo DiCaprio feels optimistic that the debate over climate change has begun to wane and world leaders are finally starting to tak...
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    Germany publishes ‘Mein Kampf’ for 1st time since WWII
    News, World
    Germany publishes ‘Mein Kampf’ for 1st time since WWII
    MICHAEL FAULHABER and GEIR MOULSON 
    Jan 09, 2016
    MUNICH (AP) — An annotated edition of "Mein Kampf," the first version of Adolf Hitler's notorious manifesto to be published in Germany since the end o...
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    Libya truck bombing kills at least 60 policemen, wounds 200
    News, World
    Libya truck bombing kills at least 60 policemen, wounds 200
    ESSAM MOHAMED 
    Jan 09, 2016
    TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — A massive truck bomb exploded near a police base in the western Libyan town of Zliten on Thursday, killing at least 60 policemen...
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    EU says Turkey not doing enough to contain migrant crisis
    News, World
    EU says Turkey not doing enough to contain migrant crisis
    RAF CASERT 
    Jan 09, 2016
    AMSTERDAM (AP) — The European Union on Thursday complained that Turkey wasn't doing enough to significantly decrease the number of people making the d...
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    Clinton campaign says Sanders at odds with Obama on guns
    Nation, News
    Clinton campaign says Sanders at odds with Obama on guns
    LISA LERER and JOSH LEDERMAN 
    Jan 09, 2016
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign jumped at a chance Friday to portray rival Sen. Bernie Sanders as being at odds with Preside...
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    Tax filing issues could jeopardize health law aid for many
    Nation, News
    Tax filing issues could jeopardize health law aid for many
    RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR 
    Jan 09, 2016
    WASHINGTON (AP) — About 1.4 million households that got financial help for health insurance under President Barack Obama's law failed to properly acco...
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    Police release video of Bill Richardson after car crash
    Nation, News
    Police release video of Bill Richardson after car crash
    MORGAN LEE 
    Jan 09, 2016
    SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Police video released Thursday shows former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson feigning ignorance briefly before acknowledging to a...
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    UN envoy in Syria to assure upcoming peace talks in Geneva
    News, World
    UN envoy in Syria to assure upcoming peace talks in Geneva
    ALBERET AJI and PHILIP ISSA 
    Jan 08, 2016
    DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — As a Saudi-Iran crisis roils the Middle East, the U.N. special envoy to Syria arrived in Damascus on Friday to lay the groundwo...
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    Dummy Hellfire missile mistakenly shipped to Cuba
    Politics
    Dummy Hellfire missile mistakenly shipped to Cuba
    BRADLEY KLAPPER 
    Jan 08, 2016
    WASHINGTON (AP) — A dummy U.S. Hellfire missile was mistakenly shipped from Europe to Cuba in 2014, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. The ine...
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    State faulted for ‘incomplete’ record searches under Clinton
    Politics
    State faulted for ‘incomplete’ record searches under Clinton
    JACK GILLUM 
    Jan 08, 2016
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department produced "inaccurate and incomplete" responses to public records requests while Democratic presidential hopeful...
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    South Korea to resume anti-North propaganda broadcasts
    News, World
    South Korea to resume anti-North propaganda broadcasts
    FOSTER KLUG and HYUNG-JIN KIM 
    Jan 08, 2016
    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea plans to retaliate for North Korea's nuclear test by starting broadcasts of anti-Pyongyang propaganda across the...
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    US recruits tech leaders to help disrupt Islamic State group
    Business, Nation World
    US recruits tech leaders to help disrupt Islamic State group
    BRANDON BAILEY and JULIE PACE 
    Jan 08, 2016
    PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) — With extremists finding fertile ground for recruitment online, the White House is dispatching top national security officials...
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    Sheriff meets with armed group, asks them to leave
    Nation, News
    Sheriff meets with armed group, asks them to leave
    MANUEL VALDES 
    Jan 08, 2016
    BURNS, Ore. (AP) — Three Oregon sheriffs met Thursday with an armed group occupying a federal wildlife refuge in southeastern Oregon and asked them to...
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    Man in fake explosives vest killed amid high Paris tension
    News, World
    Man in fake explosives vest killed amid high Paris tension
    ELAINE GANLEY and LORI HINNANT 
    Jan 08, 2016
    PARIS (AP) — A man wearing a fake explosives vest and wielding a butcher knife was shot to death by police outside a Paris police station Thursday, jo...
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    Israel army: 3 Palestinians killed after attacking soldiers
    News, World
    Israel army: 3 Palestinians killed after attacking soldiers
    Jan 07, 2016
    JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinians brandishing knives attacked Israeli soldiers in two separate incidents in the West Bank on Thursday night before forces ...
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    Trial is expected to reveal polygamous towns’ inner workings
    Nation, News
    Trial is expected to reveal polygamous towns’ inner workings
    JACQUES BILLEAUD and BRADY McCOMBS 
    Jan 07, 2016
    PHOENIX (AP) — A trial that begins this month in Phoenix is expected to reveal the inner workings of two secluded towns on the Arizona-Utah line that ...
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    Orthodox faithful mark Christmas with services, celebration
    News, World
    Orthodox faithful mark Christmas with services, celebration
    JIM HEINTZ 
    Jan 07, 2016
    MOSCOW (AP) — For much of the Orthodox Christian world, Thursday is celebrated as Christmas Day. Believers in Russia, Ukraine, and parts of Eastern Eu...
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    Washington governor takes action on guns after Obama move
    Nation, News
    Washington governor takes action on guns after Obama move
    DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP 
    Jan 07, 2016
    BURIEN, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed an executive order aimed at curbing gun violence by improving data-sharing among government age...
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    Isolated Torrey pine populations yield insights into genetic diversity
    Nation & World, PA State News
    Isolated Torrey pine populations yield insights into genetic diversity
    June 15, 2025
    UNIVERSITY PARK — Entire regions of trees are disappearing because of invasive pests, disease and a changing climate. The key to their ability to adap...
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    Pa. charter school CEOs earn more money than superintendents and oversee fewer students
    PA State News
    Pa. charter school CEOs earn more money than superintendents and oversee fewer students
    By OLIVER MORRISON  pennlive.com 
    June 15, 2025
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Brad Hatch grew up near Altoona and started his career as a teacher in the local school district, working his way up to assistant p...
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    Pa. is supposed to ‘immediately’ suspend teachers charged with serious crimes. That doesn’t always happen.
    PA State News
    Pa. is supposed to ‘immediately’ suspend teachers charged with serious crimes. That doesn’t always happen.
    June 14, 2025
    PHILADELPHIA (TNS)— For months after he was arrested in March 2024 on charges of masturbating in a Montgomery County cemetery, Matthew Gagat continued...
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    No Kings rally in Veterans Square
    Local News, Nation & World
    No Kings rally in Veterans Square
    By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
    June 14, 2025
    Veterans Square was packed Saturday afternoon as residents came together to express their discontent with the current administration during the local ...
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    Advocates, lawmakers push to limit solitary confinement in Pa. prisons
    Advocates, lawmakers push to limit solitary confinement in Pa. prisons
    June 14, 2025
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Reform advocates are making another push to limit the use of solitary confinement in Pennsylvania prisons and jails, a long-running...
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    Varischetti Game to Showcase Local Players June 27
    Local Sports
    Varischetti Game to Showcase Local Players June 27
    Jo Wankel 
    June 14, 2025
    BROCKWAY - The 10th Annual Frank Varischetti All-Star Football game is slated for the end of the month, and several area players were recognized for t...
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